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WorksheetsForensics Final Exam Review
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 52mins
"You always leave a trace"
Hybrid crime assessment
Locard's Exchange
Frye Standard
Daubert Theory
Evidence that can be seen and touched.
Digital evidence
Testimonial evidence
Physical evidence
Anecdotal evidence
Minute evidence such as glass shards, paint scrapings, soil on the bottom of a shoe, clothing fibers, or strands of hair.
Digital evidence
Trace evidence
Testimonial evidence
Anecdotal evidence
A story told from an eye witness about what they saw.
Anecdotal evidence
Physical evidence
Trace evidence
Digital evidence
A text message confessing the crime to a friend.
Testimonial evidence
Trace evidence
Physical evidence
Digital evidence
What is the responsibility of the first responding officer?
Secure the scene
Call for medical aid if needed
Separate all victims, witnesses, suspects
All of these
The place where the original crime occurred.
Primary crime scene
Secondary crime scene
Original scene
Additional scene
A place where events related to a crime occurred.
Primary crime scene
Secondary crime scene
Original scene
Additional scene
The chain of custody should establish _____________________.
continuity of possession
general acceptance
probable cause
reasonable doubt
What is continuity of possession?
A list of all the places a suspect went after a crime.
A list of all personnel who entered and exited a crime scene.
Knowing where evidence was at all times and who had it.
Knowing that only one person ever came into contact with a piece of evidence.
What is the name for the known samples used for comparison in forensics?
Exemplars
Reference samples
Official resources
Questioned documents
The study of the harmful effects of substances on people.
Pathology
Anthropology
Toxicology
Entomology
Categorizes and regulates certain drugs according to a government standard.
Controlled Substances Act
Frye Standard
Daubert Outcome
Anthropometry
The BAC legal limit is...
8%
0.8%
80%
.08%
Slows the communication between your brain and your body.
Stimulant
Narcotic
Anabolic steroid
Depressant
Increases alertness and activity; causes insomnia.
Depressant
Stimulant
Narcotic
Hallucinogen
Cause changes in normal thought processes, perceptions, and moods.
Stimulants
Narcotics
Hallucinogens
Anabolic steroids
Relieve pain by depressing the CNS
Narcotics
Depressants
Hallucinogens
Stimulants
Evidence that can be linked to a group of people or a group of objects.
Class
Group
Individual
Singular
Evidence that can be linked to one specific person or object.
Class
Singular
Group
Individual
What is the main purpose of blood?
To transport things throughout the body
To regulate hormones
To distribute nerve impulses
Digestion of alcohol and other substances
Which causes blood to glow in the dark?
Kastle-Meyer Test
Acid phosphatase test
Luminol test
Benzidine derivative test
Which is used to link biological evidence to a particular suspect?
Super glue fuming
DNA fingerprinting
Salivary amylase
Acid phosphatase test
Which is used in DNA fingerprinting to replicate DNA billions of times?
Acid phosphatase
PCR
DNA ligase
Transcription
What did Alphonse Bertillon contribute to forensics?
Widespread use of fingerprinting
Anthropometry - the study of human bones
Anthropometry - a system of body measurements used to ID criminals
Anthropology - the study of human fingerprints
What are friction ridges?
Abrasions caused by blunt force trauma
Contusions caused by sharp force trauma
The raised lines that form your prints
Tire treads or footwear components that leave impressions
Left by something on your fingers, like paint or blood.
Plastic prints
Visible prints
Latent prints
Forensic prints
Left by the sweat and oils from your skin.
Plastic prints
Visible prints
Latent prints
Forensic prints
Left by your finger making an impression in a soft substance.
Forensic prints
Plastic prints
Latent prints
Visible prints
Often used in forensics to form a replica of an impression or tool mark.
Super glue fuming
Casting
Luminol test
Imprinting
Which correctly describes the sequence of a gun firing?
Trigger pulled, hammer strikes firing pin, firing pin strikes primer, primer ignites gunpowder, bullet is propelled out
Trigger pulled, hammer strikes primer, primer propels firing pin, firing pin propels bullet
Hammer releases trigger, trigger hits firing pin, firing pin strikes primer, primer ignites gunpowder, bullet is propelled out
Trigger is pulled, firing pin strikes hammer, hammer strikes bullet
Which is correct?
Smooth bore = tumbling bullet, more accurate
Smooth bore = spinning bullet, less accurate
Rifled bore = spinning bullet, more accurate
Rifled bore = tumbling bullet, more accurate
Which part of a handgun is unlikely to have fingerprints?
Trigger
Grip
Hammer
Slide (top of the gun surrounding the barrel)
What is an abrasion collar?
The residue left by a bullet
Surrounds a bullet wound, caused by friction with bullet
The bullet hole in a car, window, wall, or other object
A head wound
What causes an irregular abrasion collar?
A direct shot
A contact shot
An indirect shot (strikes something else first)
None of these
What is the goal of a forensic autopsy?
Determine cause of death
Determine manner of death
Estimate time of death
All of these
Which cut is made for an internal examination?
X cut
O cut
Y cut
Square cut
What is asphyxia?
Death by lack of oxygen
Death by blunt force trauma
Accidental natural death
Rigidity occurring after death
Which is caused by asphyxia?
Contusion
Abrasion
Petechial hemorrhage
Livor mortis
Blood pooling after death.
Algor mortis
Livor mortis
Rigor mortis
Asphyxia
Body stiffening after death
Algor mortis
Livor mortis
Rigor mortis
Asphyxia
Body cooling after death.
Algor mortis
Livor mortis
Rigor mortis
Asphyxia
Study of human bones.
Entomology
Anthropology
Toxicology
Pathology
Forensic entomologists...
study human bones.
study insects to estimate time of death.
study pathology and toxicology.
study forensic law.
The name for a sample of handwriting of known authorship.
Questioned document
Handwriting exemplar
Forensic image
Digital copy
Get data into a computer.
Hard drive
Output devices
Input devices
RAM
Get data out of a computer.
Input devices
Hard drive
Output devices
Firmware
Primary source of evidence in a computer investigation.
RAM
Hard drive
Output devices
CPU
Data that is easily accessible by the regular operating system.
Encrypted data
Visible data
Volatile data
Nonvolatile data
Data that someone has tried to hide by deleting or encrypting.
Visible data
Latent data
Hidden data
Secret data
Digital copy of a computer's hard drive.
RAM
Computer fingerprint
Forensic image
IP address
Used to block electromagnetic signals when transporting mobile devices into evidence.
Bertillon box
Faraday box
Orfila box
Thomas box
